Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 10 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma on Thu, Jul 6, 2017, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 13 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-07-06 23:53:08 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.112° N, 98.675° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
50°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.113 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.511 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.713 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.87 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.013 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.27 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3362 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.72 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.512 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3361 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.44 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3360 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.614 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3358 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 12
  15. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 17
  16. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  17. 2.46 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3356 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.24 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3355 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
  20. 3.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 13
  21. 2.65 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.45 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.46 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.13 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.39 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3347 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.57 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3346 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3345 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 3.18 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.65 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 3.316 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.62 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.87 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.65 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3333 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 3.26 km W of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.315 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.721 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.612 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.64 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3326 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3324 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 12
  50. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 3.03 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.515 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 3.23 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 10
  56. 2.815 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.810 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.919 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.73 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.814 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.74 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.6Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.12 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.8Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3372 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.2Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.4Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 3.28 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100097ii. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.